Territorial change of Bolivia

“Bolivia” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1825 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1865, at ≈ 1.82 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1865 – 1865 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1840: number 155 of 7.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Peru — 92 frames
• Chile — 92 frames
• Paraguay — 89 frames
• Argentine Confederation — 47 frames
• Argentina — 42 frames
• Brazil — 35 frames
• Empire of Brazil — 28 frames
• Brazil — 12 frames
• Brazil — 10 frames
• Crown of Castile — 9 frames
• Brazil — 7 frames
• Río de la Plata — 3 frames
• Gran Colombia — 2 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 4 by area.

Preceded and succeeded by

Succeeded by: Acre Territory

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. Its geography primarily consists of an Andean region to the west and tropical lowlands to the east and north.

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